Lantern construction



J. J. HUGHES.

LANTERN CONSTRUCTION,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1921.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922'...

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Patentd Aug. 15, 1922,

J. J. HUGHES.

LANTERN CONSTRUCTION.

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Specification of Letters, Patent. Patented, Aug. 15, 1922 Application filed September 12, 1921. Serial No.'500,183.

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of- Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern Constructions, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention appertains to lantern constructions generally, and more particularly to a hand or portable type of the same.

The principalobject of the invention is to provide for a lantern of the class mentioned, and one involving a novel'means for securing the base portion of the same in position on the globe holding and retaining frame, whereby these parts are incapable of being accidentally or otherwise unintentionally separated one from the other as long as the globe is in proper position within the frame. v

Another object of the invention is to provide for a device as characterized, and one wherein the globe holding and retaining frame and the base portion of the lantern are interlocked one with the other, and are securely held in suohposition upon the insertion of the globe into a frame and as long as the latter remains in position therein lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the certain novel and useful construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of one embodiment of the lantern construction,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevation of the base portion of the same with the globe holding or retaining frame removed from position thereon,

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the base as shown in Fig. 2,

Figure 4 is a view similar to that of Fig. 1 but showing a slightly modified form of the device,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of the same, when it is turned a quarter turn from its position as shown in Fig. 4, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several corelated views thereof, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, thereof, the numeral 10 indicates the upper or hood portion of a lantern of general or conventional form, whichiscar'ried onthe upper end of a wirezglobe holding or retaining frame 11, 12 the carrying and supporting handle of the frame, 13 the glass globe removably positioned within the-frame, and 14 the lamp base supported from the lower end portion of the frame. 1 I The salient feature of the present invention resides in the provision of two of the vertical barsl5 and 16 of the frame 11 with downwardly and inwardly curved extended portions 15 and 16, the lower free ends of these latter portions being reversely and outwardly curved: to provide bent end or hook portions 17. and 18, respectively,

which are removablyengagec in vertical elongated slotways 19 formed in the outer walls of'a pair of vertically disposed channelways 20 provided in the vertical side wall of the lamp base 14 at-points diametrically thereof. 3 v i I In assembling the globe holding or retaining frame ll'on the base 14, or separating these parts, one from the other, the globe 13 must be removed from the frame, when'the curved extended portions 15- and 16 of the framemembers or bars 15and 16, are swung inwardly 'one toward the other and sufficiently to allow the hook members or portions 17 and 18 to clear the upper'ends of theslotwayslQ, so that the same are brought into alinement with the slotways 19 and into engagement therewith, as in the case of the assembling of the parts, or withdrawing from engagement with the slotways 19, as in the case of removing the frame 11 from the base 14. Then the'hook portions 17 and 18 are in engaged position with the slotways 19 of the base, the same are held securely against accidental displacement by the globe 13 being inserted into the frame, the lower curved portion of the globe 13 hearing against the opposed curved portions of the hook ends 17 and 18 as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In the form of the invention as shown in Figs. 4 t) 6, inclusive, the vertical side wall of the base 14 is provided with outwardly projecting depressions or channelways 20, which have slightly inclined and circumferentially extending slotways 19 openin into the same, so that when the hooked ends 17 and 18 of the curved portions 15 and 16 of the frame members 15 and 1(3 are sprung into the slotways 19 by turning the frame 11 and the base 1 1 one relatively to the other, the hooked ends 17 and 18 will be moved into proper position to the upper ends of the slotways 19 and be disposed within the depressions 20 where they will swing outwardly and be held in interlocked position by the globe 13, upon the positiouing of the latter within the frame 11. The lamp globe 13, 13, will be inserted into the frame and upwardly into position thereof through the lower open end of the same with the lamp base removed therefrom, and,.when the hook portions 17 and 18 (general designation) are inserted into the slot-ways 19, the base of the lamp globe will seat against the hook members in a manner. to prevent the accidental displacement of the same from the engaged position, the globe being ten sioned .in place by means of a usual resilient wire annulus or ring (not shown.) engaging the upper end thereof. To remove the globe, and to otherwise allow of the withdrawal of the hook members 17 and 18 from engagement with the slot-ways 19 or the lamp base .14, 1 1, this resilient annulus or ring will be raised by the manipulation of a finger piece 21 for the lifting or tilting of the globe within the frame sufficiently to allow for the desired and necessary withdrawal of the hook members for the purpose.

From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent that lanterns constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention will be able to withstand rough and hard usage, such as is particularly required of railway signal lanterns, without any chance for the accidental disengaging of the parts thereof. It will also be understood that, while the preferred embodiments of the lantern have been described and illustrated herein in specific terms and details of construction, arrangement and operation, varimesses ous changes in and modifications of the same may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, or the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed, is I 1.. In a lantern, alamp base having depressions formed in the vertical side wall thereof and slotways formed in the outer walls of said depressions, a globe retaining frame detachably mounted on said base, means carried by said frame for interlocking engagement with slotways of said base. and a globe removably positioned within said frame and cooperative with said means whereby to prevent the accidental separation of said frame from said base.

2. In a lantern, a lamp base having depressions formed in the vertical side wall thereof and laterally disposed inclined slotways formed in the side walls of said lamp base and extending inwardly of one side wall and the outer wall of each of said depressions, a globe retaining frame detachably mounted on the said base, means carried by said frame for interlocking engagement with. the said slotways of said base, and a globe removably positioned within said frame and cooperative with said means whereby to prevent the accidental separation of said frame from said base.

8. In a lantern, a lamp base having depressions formed in the vertical side wall thereof and slot-ways formed in the outer walls of said depressions, a globe retaining frame detachably mounted on said base, resilient members carried by said frame and having hooked extremities for interlocking engagement with the said slot-ways, and a globe reinorably positioned within said frame and adapted to bear against the hooked members of said resilient members whereby to prevent an accidental separation of the said frame from said base.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

JOSEPH J. HUGHES. 

